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©llp Contents— August, X914 



The Garden . . By Andrem Marvell 109 



Gardens in and Around Boston 



Bp W. N. Craig I 1 



The Mutation Theory a Myth . . .112 



Opportunities in Floriculture 



By Arno H. NehrUng 1 1 3 



The Dying Tree . . By Wall Mason 1 1 4 



History of the Bureau of Plant Industry . 115 

 Successful Mushroom Culture . . .118 



Sundry Work in the Garden . . .118 



T he D evelopment of Boston's Park System . 119 

 Gardening the Oldest, Dancing the Most 



Ancient Art 121 



Growing Grapes Under Glass . . .122 



How to Get a New Lawn Quickly . . 123 



Winter Flowering Sweet Pea Culture 



By Anton Zvalonelf 124 

 Merely a Precau tion . . . .125 



Rooting Cuttings Under Bell Glasses . .125 



Editorials 128 



The Trees '28 



National Association Notes . . . 1 29 



Among the Gardeners . . . . 1 29 



The Private Gardener in Commercial Fields . 1 30 

 Nut Culture for Fun and Profit 



Bm H. E. Van Deman 131 



The Persian Cyclamen as a Biennial . 



Gloxinias from Seed . . . • • 



The Midsummer Fallow By Karl Langenbeck 



Rattan" Palm (Illustrated) . . . • 



An American's Glimpses of European Horti- 

 culture By Mrs. B. Hammond Tracy 



Gardening in the Middle West . 



The Man Who Wms 



George W. Vanderbilt, Pioneer in Forestry 



Lichens and Their Value . 



Wrinkles in Horticultural Writings 



Largest Glass Dome in the World 



Gust Glimpses, "Sisters" By Miriam Teichner 



Letters to the Editor 



Queries and Answers ... 



Directory, National Associations and Loca 

 Societies ..... 



Gardeners' Diary .... 



North Shore (111.) Horticultural Society 



Lenox Horticultural Society 



Monmouth County Agricultural Fair 



Tarrytown Horticultural Society . 



Bar Harbor Sweet Pea Show 



Southampton (N. \.) Horticultural Society 



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For Lawn Making few months in the year are considered as advisable as .August or early 

 September. While the proper preparation of the ground, fertilizing, rolling and watering is 

 considered very essential, the nii.xture of grasses is a very important one and should be given 

 considerable thought. 



25-Pound versus 14-Pound LAWN SEED 



Many low-price Grass Seed mixtures weigh only 14 pounds per bushel. This indicates either 

 a good proportion of chaflf or some of the real good varieties in the rough state, not properly 

 cleansed so as to leave only the vital part and less of the chafif or shell. 

 In other words, so many less seeds to the quart or pound that will germinate and grow real 



grass. 



Why Not Buy the Re-cleaned Kind? 



A mixture of grasses weighing 25 pounds per bushel, of high germination and purity, perma- 

 nent in nature, the varieties carefully proportioned so that they will succeed one another in 

 brightness of foliage, with the result that the lawn, even in its tirst year, will have a bright, 

 rich green color from early spring until covered by snow. 



POUND 



40 cts. 



5 POUNDS 

 $1.75 



J5 POUNDS 



$8.00 



100 POUNDS 

 $30.00 



One Pound will Sow a Plot 20 x 20 feet. Sow 80 Pounds to the Acre 



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